What anticoagulant therapy is monitored using the ecarin clotting time (ECT)?
a. Unfractionated heparin
b. Warfarin
c. LMWH
d. Direct thrombin inhibitors
ANS: D
The ECT uses an enzyme extracted from Echis carinatus venom. Direct thrombin inhibitors yield a linear, dose-dependent response to the ECT. The test is useful for monitoring direct thrombin inhibitors when the patient has lupus anticoagulant or factor deficiencies.
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